Comment by Vildan1994

1) Noble Hops, Dry Yeast, and several other items USED to be sold by the Sous Chef in the two Capital Cities; they were purchasable for around 10s each.

2) As of/After patch 4.0.6 these items are no longer available from the listed vendors as discrete money-purchasable items. They are, instead, SUPPOSED to be found in 'Imported Supplies' sack that the above vendors sell for 1 cooking token.

3) The contents of that sack are SUPPOSED to rotate on a daily basis, offering a collection of each ingredient (listed in the tooltip) listed as its contents that day.

4) Something went wrong, according to a GM, and the 'Imported Supplies' sack is NOT rotating its contents as it is supposed to; it is instead stuck on cocoa beans (apparently 2 stacks worth). The GM Mephron spoke to indicated that it's a known bug, that it would be fixed in 'an upcoming patch' but s/he was unable to give Mephron an estimated date for said patch.

5) Darkbrew Lager - the cooking recipe result that Noble Hops is a reagent for (along with Dry Yeast) IS STILL required for the Catacalism Gourmet achievement. I have not found any official posts about this issue, but I didn't have time to research it very deeply.

Hope this helps for the 'tl;dr' crowd who would not wish to wade through the myriad responses above. =)--Tia

Credit goes to ilanka.

Comment by Soulbegone

As of 4/9/2011 I was able to get the Cataclysmic Gourmet without making the Darkbrew Lager.

Comment by Turof

How long does this need to be bugged before it is fixed? Alpha....ok beta not ok! why can't blizz get off there dead ass' and fix this stuff! It is needed to make the ogre brewing kit work for christ sake, why put item in game with no use?